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anger verb ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ annoy 另见annoy条anger ♦︎ infuriate ♦︎ antagonize ♦︎ drive sb mad/crazy ♦︎ outrage ♦︎ enrage ♦︎ rankle ♦︎ rile ♦︎ incense ♦︎ (taboo) piss sb offThese verbs all mean to make sb angry or very angry. 这些动词均表示使人发怒。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达使人发怒的程度| rankle | ➔ | anger | ➔ | drive sb mad | ➔ | infuriate | | rile | | antagonize | | outrage | | enrage | | | piss sb off | | | | incense |
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆What really angers / infuriates / enrages / riles / incenses me is...◆What pisses us off / drives us mad / crazy is...◆It infuriated / enraged / riled / incensed him that...■ anger [transitive] to make sb angry 使发怒；激怒◆The question clearly angered him.这个问题显然激怒了他。◆They stayed silent but were angered by the decision.他们没有说话，但是这个决定让他们感到气愤。ⓘ It is also common to say make sb angry, especially in more informal or spoken English. 在较非正式或口语中，也常用make sb angry◆ (spoken) It really makes me angry the way they keep changing the rules.他们不断改变规则，真让我生气。 ■ infuriate / /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt; NAmE ɪnˈfjʊrieɪt/ [transitive] to make sb extremely angry 使⋯极为生气；激怒◆Her silence infuriated him even more.她的沉默使他更加愤怒了。 see also infuriating ⇨ annoying ■ antagonize /ænˈtægənaɪz/ / (BrE also antagonise) [transitive] to do sth to make sb angry with you 使对立；使生气◆Not wishing to antagonize her further, he said no more.他不愿惹她更生气，便不再说话。 see also antagonism ⇨ tension ■ drive sb mad■ drive sb crazy idiom (informal) to make sb very angry or crazy 把人逼得发疯（或发狂）◆That noise is driving me mad!那噪声快把我逼疯了！◆He drove me crazy with his constant questions.他问个没完，都把我逼疯了。■ outrage / /ˈaʊtreɪdʒ/ / [transitive] to make sb very shocked and angry 使震怒；激怒◆The killings have outraged the entire community.这些谋杀案使整个社区感到震怒。 see also outraged ⇨ furious , outrageous ⇨ outrageous ■ enrage / /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/ / [transitive] (rather formal, written) to make sb extremely angry 彻底激怒；彻底触怒◆The newspaper article enraged him.报上那篇文章使他异常愤怒。 see also enraged ⇨ furious ■ rankle [intransitive](of sth such as a remark or event) to make sb feel angry or upset for a long time （言论或事件等）让人耿耿于怀（或怨恨不已）◆Her comments still rankled.她的评价仍然让人耿耿于怀。◆His decision to sell the land rankled with her.他要卖地的决定让她痛心。■ rile [transitive] to annoy sb or make them angry 惹恼；激怒◆Nothing ever seemed to rile him.好像从来没有什么事让他烦恼。◆She regretted at once that she had let herself become riled.她发过脾气后立刻就后悔了。■ incense / /ɪnˈsens/ / [transitive] to make sb extremely angry, especially for moral reasons （尤指因道德原因）使大怒，激怒◆The decision incensed the entire workforce.这个决定激怒了劳工大众。 see also incensed ⇨ furious NOTE 辨析 Infuriate, enrage or incense? Infuriate usually emphasizes how you feel about sb else's behaviour that you think is unreasonable; enrage can suggest that it is the angry person whose behaviour is unreasonable; incense is often used when you think people are right to be angry. * infuriate通常强调被他人不合理的行为激怒，enrage可暗指被激怒的人行为不合理，incense常指激起义愤。■ ˌpiss sb ˈoff phrasal verb (taboo, slang) to make sb angry or annoyed 使生气；使恼火◆Her attitude really pisses me off.她的态度真的让我很生气。 |